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Hi everyone! 

I hope your summers are off to a good start and you're getting to spend plenty of leisure hours playing games. We're in between P500 shipments here at the office/warehouse, so our awesome workers are using the time to finish up our warehouse re-organization and streamlining. Tony Curtis was here this week to help with that - and to continue his yearly (and very popular) practice of taking the whole crew to lunch at their favorite Chinese restaurant!

Convention season is upon us. We'll have several GMT principals and design team members at a variety of conventions this summer. The biggest ones are GenCon (where we'll have a small and unofficial presence along with our friends at Playdek) and WBC, where Tony Curtis and Andy Lewis will show the GMT flag, assisted by many volunteers (thank you!).

The next convention for us is next week: the CSW Expo in Tempe. My son Luke, Mark Simonitch, and I will be the core GMT presence there, and we'll have 15-20 designers/developers there as well testing and showing off various games. We're looking forward to seeing a few hundred of you at the event!

For those of you attending CSW Expo who want to get a peek at Mr. President, we'll be testing it from Monday through Thursday in the same room we've been in for the past few years. And of course you're all invited to the GMT seminar on Tuesday night, where we'll have some new and updated information about several of our upcoming games.

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Chad Jensen. Most of you have probably heard already or read online that late last month, Chad Jensen was diagnosed with late-stage cancer. It's not my place to share too many details, but it's Stage 4 and very serious; he is in a battle for his life. Mary and I went up to Santa Rosa to visit him in the hospital recently, and he was very tired, but determined and in great spirits. As you might imagine, the combination of the cancer itself and what is by necessity a very aggressive treatment regimen is exhausting. But we got great news this week, as after his first two rounds of chemo and 26 days in the hospital, Chad got to go home! Of course, there is still a long road of chemo and treatment ahead, but we're so happy to see Chad getting to get out of the hospital and be back in his own home, and wanted to share that with you. Here's a pic from his Facebook page:

I want to encourage each of you to help and encourage Chad in whatever way you can as he fights this battle. So specifically, what can you do? Any of the following that you'd feel comfortable doing would be most helpful: 

  • First, please join us in fervently praying for Chad and his recovery. Please share this with any prayer groups that you are a part of.  
  • If you'd like to help defray some of their medical expenses, which are going to be significant, please consider donating through the GoFundMe account that has been set up for them - and share that link with others who might like to help. They've just met their original funding goal this week, but chemo and extended hospital stays are very expensive, so if you are able to help out, all your assistance is most appreciated.
  • Let Chad and Kai know of your concern and support.  If you'd like to send Chad a note of appreciation or encouragement, you can leave a note on the GoFundMe page or on Chad's Facebook page, or for private email,  please send through Kai for now at kaijensen@gmtgames.com.

Thank you all so much for your kindness, consideration, and encouragement during this trying time. Chad and Kai are family to us. I know that they both really appreciate all of your prayers, donations, and encouragement - and the outpouring of love and appreciation that they've seen from the gaming community already.

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It feels really strange and almost trivial to come back to talking about games after sharing about Chad's battle. But this is a company update, and we do have several other things that we want you to know about. I'm going to keep it brief in this portion of the update, but please be sure to check out all the sections below, as we have several new P500 additions, some major updates to the Production Queue, some nice Sneak Peeks, Charging and shipping details for our next releases, and more!

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Combat Commander Reprints in Production Queue! For those who've been waiting patiently (or not!) for Combat Commander: Pacific reprint, Tony has squirreled away enough funds to get THAT AND ALL SIX Combat Commander Battle Packs (including the Stalingrad and Sea Lion Reprint Editions that we're adding to the P500 Reprint list today) into the Print Queue. They're in the art department now getting final tweaks, but they should be off to the printer rather quickly. Won't be long now!

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Upgrade to the Great Battles of Alexander, Expanded Deluxe Edition, 2nd Printing. When we added this to the P500 Reprint list last month, we neglected to let you know that we are adding the contents (counters, maps, scenarios) of the out of print Tyrant module to the package at no extra cost. Check out the GBoA Deluxe Edition P500 Reprint page for all the details. Enjoy!

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Digital Fort Sumter - BEAUTIFUL job from our friends at Playdek! I just want to publicly thank our friends at Playdek for creating such a beautiful and engaging digital version of Mark Herman's Fort Sumter. It's perfect for a few quick solo games at lunch or during your work commute and really easy to use against a human opponent. I play it a lot on Steam and my iPad (it works on iPhones too - as long as it's iOS10 or above) and am just really impressed with the job Playdek has done with this one. If you want a fast-playing, challenging gem on your PC, Mac, phone, or tablet, check this one out.

Steam (for Mac and PC)
iOS
Android

And please see the Digital section below for the latest Playdek update.

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Keep up with GMT Online
Virtually every day, we announce new information, show off upcoming products, or give you a peek under the hood of our new designs in our various online sites and forums. For those of you looking to keep up with us online, here is where you can find us. Drop in and start a conversation!

GMT Games Website
InsideGMT blog
Official GMT Games Facebook Group
GMT Facebook Page
GMT Twitter Feed
GMT on Instagram
GMT on BoardGameGeek
GMT YouTube Channel
GMT on Consimworld

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We are doing our best to segment this update so it's easier for you all to read. Here is what you'll find in the rest of today's update:

- P500 Additions
- News You Can Use
- InsideGMT
- Digital Games
- Charging and Shipping Update 
- Production Outlook
- Coming Events
- Project Updates and Sample Art 

 Thanks, as always, for your support of GMT Games! Enjoy the games! - Gene
Today's New P500 Additions
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                   C&C Napoleonics Exp 7    No Retreat Battles: 1942            Storm Over Asia
                        La Grande Battles                                                                                                                                                (New on P500)                  (New on P500)                     (New on P500)                
 
Recent P500 Additions
         653 Orders        852 Orders      190 Orders      346 Orders      589 Orders       445 Orders     532 Orders         

New P500 Additions. We have three new P500 additions this month, as well as three reprints. To get more details on each of the items listed below or to Pre-order, just click on the banner or box to go to the game's P500 page.



 
La Grande Battles: C&C Napoleonics Expansion #7.  We know that you Commands & Colors: Napoleonics players have been waiting for the expansion that will let you play out large Napoleonic battles! Well, your time has come! But "you can play big battles" doesn't even begin to cover what's in this huge expansion. Le Grande Battles, EPIC engagements, new Iconic Commander benefits, mounted and unmounted mapboards, more Leader of Honor blocks and unit blocks, lots of counters, and (at least) 20 new scenarios. And there's more! Click banner above to get to the P500 page with all the details and order today!



 
No Retreat Battles: 1942.  Carl Paradis' No Retreat series has been one of our most popular game series over recent years. As most of you know, No Retreat is a theater-level series with games on the Russian Front, North Africa, Italy, France & Poland, and the late-war Western Front. Now, Carl is tweaking the series a bit to bring you some of the most interesting battles of WWII (some still large campaigns in their own right). In No Retreat Battles, Carl is including 3-6 battles per package, all from a given year of WWII. He's starting with 1942, where you'll get to play Gazala, Guadalcanal, Stalingrad, Velikiye Luki, and a solitaire version of Dieppe! Click the banner above to get to the P500 page with full details and order today!
 


Storm Over Asia.  A World at War players - rejoice! Designer Bruce Harper has created a Pacific theater Prequel to A World at War! Below is a peek at the game map. Click the banner above to get to the P500 page with all the details and order today! 


 
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New P500 Reprint Additions. We are adding three new P500 Reprint items to our list this time. Note that these reprints are the same as previous versions, with any know errata corrected. These three are all already in our production queue for the coming months, so we are offering them mostly to give customers a chance to get them at the P500 discount. Enjoy!

  
Combat Commander BP 2: Stalingrad, 3rd Printing
           
            
Combat Comander BP 6: Sea Lion, 2nd Printing
 
 
Twilight Struggle Deluxe Edition, 7th Printing


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Here is a brief tease for P500 additions lining up in the coming months. Note that this is not a comprehensive list, so I will switch these up a bit from month to month. My hint from a few months back of "Something new for Commands & Colors players" referred to this month's new La Grande Battles expansion for C&C Napoleonics. Last month's hint of "A new 20th-century strategic game" referred to this month's new Storm Over Asia. Over the coming 1-6 months, I anticipate that we will add:
  • A new Lunchtime Series game
  • A new strategic-level block game
  • A new 4-player CDG on a very interesting topic
  • Something new for those of you who like WWI games
  • A new GBoH series game
Best-Sellers - April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 (Updated Quarterly)
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Update from Gary Weis at Playdek
 
Hello everyone! We are wrapping up an update for Fort Sumter now. There was a clarification from Mark Herman about how a few cards were supposed to work, so we're making those changes in this update, along with a few other bug fixes and some improvements to the AI player.
 
While we continue to address improvements to gameplay and plan to make further progress on the AI in Fort Sumter, we're moving progress forward on Labyrinth as well. We'll be expanding the beta test pool this week, so if you volunteered to help previously but weren't selected, please keep an eye on your email for instructions for how you can join the test group. We have a few improvements to the rules implementation coming in a new build. Our next steps should include a first pass at an interactive tutorial, as well as starting on the AI player. Thanks for your feedback as we continue to move forward with this project! - Gary

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If you don't have one already, click one of the links below to get your digital version of Mark Herman's Fort Sumter:

Steam (for Mac and PC)
iOS
Android
Our Most Recent Releases
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Video Tutorials for our games! Don't miss these high-quality Tutorial Videos for Sekigahara and Dominant Species: Marine.

Watch it Played! Video Tutorial for Sekigahara.  If you'd like to learn how to play one of our all-time best-selling games in 37 easy minutes, check out Rodney's excellent video, below.



Gaming Rules! Video Tutorial for Dominant Species: Marine. Paul's video tutorial for Chad Jensen's upcoming Dominant Species: Marine includes both a rules tutorial (first 30 minutes of video) and a complete game playthrough (1 3/4 hrs) for your enlightenment and enjoyment. So, if you'd like to learn how to play Dominant Species: Marine, or just learn more about how real gameplay unfolds, check out Paul's video at the link below:


 
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Fields of Fire "How To" Videos. For those of you who like the idea of Fields of Fire but have trouble navigating through the rules, there's an excellent video resource to help. Check out Soundboard's  excellent series of YouTube videos for Fields of Fire. We hope these help you get into the game more quickly and better grasp the flow of Fields of Fire.

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Errata & Clarifications for Fields of Fire 2. Here are Ben's official Errata & Clarifications. 
 
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Hunt for Blackbeard Preview Video. For those of you interested in Volko's Hunt for Blackbeard, Stuka Joe has created an excellent 19 minute preview video on his YouTube Channel (Thanks, Joe!). Check it out!
 
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Helpful Videos for Gandhi. Scott Mansfield has created a couple of really well-done videos (roughly 20 minutes each) on some key aspects of Gandhi. Here are the links:

Non-Player Actions and Short Scenario Setup

Demonstration of the non-player Raj "Sweep" Operation
 
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Official GMT Games Facebook Group. Our official GMT Games Facebook Group now is a community of over 4,000 gamers! If you have a Facebook account and you'd like to join our GMT Group to get the latest news, share game pics with other players, or just get your GMT-related questions answered, please go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/gmtgames/.

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Counter Trays are Still in Stock!  We ordered 10K of them, but we don't have a lot left, so get yours soon if you want some. GMT Counter Trays (Set of 10)

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Play Hunt for Blackbeard today! Just click the link at left to download the files you need. Those linked downloads provide everything needed to play the game online with 2 players, using playtest versions of the rule book, play aid, map legend, and a VASSAL module by Francisco Colmenares.
 
When you open the VASSAL module, first go to the Help tab and read “Blackbeard Notes.” Then set up the Hunter pieces and Blackbeard’s Loot as described on page 3 of the Rules – Francisco has already set up the rest for you – and start the Sequence of Play on page 4.
 
Or we welcome you to print out the rules and play aid and just peruse them in conjunction with the examples of play that Volko provides in the InsideGMT articles linked from this webpage.
 
We hope you'll give Hunt for Blackbeard a try and let us know what you think of this innovative game!
"Not There Yet" P500 Games That Could Use More Orders
Thanks for your orders this past month that got 1848: Australia, Expansion or Extinction, and Labyrinth: Forever War  over 500!
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                    445 Orders    411 Orders    390 Orders    346 Orders     345 Orders    339 Orders
 
Coming This Week in InsideGMT.
Here's an update from Rachel on this week's upcoming InsideGMT articles:

This week on InsideGMT, we published the eighth in a series of articles from COIN Series Developer Jason Carr discussing the design, ergonomics, and play of the brand new Arjuna solitaire system in Gandhi: The Decolonization of British India, 1917-1947. We highly recommend checking this series out! You can find all of the previous parts of the series here.

The Arjuna Chronicles #8 is the only article going up this week on InsideGMT, but if you are looking for more to read, I encourage you to look at some of the article series we have finished recently:

In the production schedule below in this update, you can see that the next games coming to the warehouse will be Death Valley and Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea. For those of you who would like to read up on these two games, we have quite a few InsideGMT articles that you can check out:

Death Valley
Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea


I invite you to visit InsideGMT.com this week to check out the aforementioned articles (and more!) from our team of excellent InsideGMT contributors.

-Rachel B

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This Past Month in InsideGMT!

Here are links to this month's new InsideGMT articles:

A Game of the Ages for All Ages: Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea at Huzzah! Convention in Maine
Normandy ’44 Campaign AAR Part X: June 27th
The Arjuna Chronicles #5: Bhagat Singh Frustrates the Empire
Fort Sumter: Making “Victory” Mean Something — An Option to Make Winning More Satisfying
The Arjuna Chronicles #6: Great Bengal Famine
The Barracks Emperors Preview
Secrets of the South Pacific – Part 2
The Gandhi Chronicles #6: Playing the Muslim League in Gandhi — Operations and Special Activities
The Arjuna Chronicles #7: Sarojini Naidu Inspires the Masses
The Arjuna Chronicles #8:The Salt March


As always, I invite you all to head over to www.insidegmt.com, check out the articles, leave us your comments, and tell us what else you'd like to see us do to make InsideGMT even better! 
Most Requested P500 Games (by orders received through June 17)
(Click on box image to go to the Game page on our website for more info and to order.)
     3,084 Orders  1,945 Orders   1,494 Orders  1,465 Orders  1,459 Orders  1,385 Orders  1,206 Orders

      1,205 Orders  1,148 Orders  1,098 Orders  1,030 Orders  1,024 Orders  1,003 Orders   1.001 Orders
 
Shipping.  Our next P500 shipments will be in late July, when we'll ship the following games:

Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea
Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah

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Charging.  We will begin charging for Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea and Death Valley between July 10-15.

To avoid any delays in your game shipment, please make sure you've updated your charge cards on our website before we charge. If you use the "Pay by Check" P500 option, please send your checks in to arrive by the charge dates. Thanks!
All-Time Best-Sellers
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As noted previously, we're now giving you the status of a game inside our system in these updates with a general estimate of what that means in terms of months until release. For very near-term games, those estimates are going to be very accurate. For the games just going into the art department or nearly there, we are giving you a range of times. Each month you will be able to follow progress as games get added and moved between pre-art, the art department, and the printer.

That said, here is our most current Tentative Production Schedule from Tony and Mark. Games with a ** following their entry are currently at the printer (we are a little more certain about scheduling on these). 

Finished Shipping P500 Orders June 12:
Gandhi
Peloponnesian War

Tentative Ship Date from the Printer: June 27:
Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea ** 
Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah **

At the Printer: No Tentative Ship Date Yet
1862 **
Cataclysm Mounted Maps + 3" Box **
Commands & Colors Napoleonics, 4th Printing **
Navajo Wars, Reprint Edition **
Nevsky **
Red Storm **
Tank Duel **
Twilight Struggle Deluxe Edition, 7th Printing **
Twilight Struggle Turn Zero and Promo Packs, 2nd Printing **
Wing Leader: Victories, 2nd Edition **
Wing Leader: Victories 2nd Ed. Update Kit **
Wing Leader: Eagles **

In Final Art and Next to Get a Print Slot: Tentative Shipping approximately 3-5 months
4 CMBG
Battle Line: Medieval-Themed Edition
Cataphract, 2nd Printing
Next War: Korea, 2nd Printing
Next War Supplement #2
Silent Victory
Stalingrad '42
The Hunted 
The Hunters, 3rd Printing 

In the Art Department: Anticipated Shipping 5-9 months (will vary by speed of art completion, final edits, and proofing)
A Time for Trumpets
All Bridges Burning
Bayonets & Tomahawks 
Combat Commander: Pacific, 2nd Printing
Combat Commander BP #1: Paratroops, 3rd Printing
Combat Commander BP #2: Stalingrad, 3rd Printing
Combat Commander BP #3: Normandy, 2nd Printing
Combat Commander BP #4: New Guinea, 2nd Printing
Combat Commander BP #5: Fall of the West, 2nd Printing
Combat Commander BP #6: Sea Lion, 2nd Printing

Nearing Art Department Readiness (some have a component or two - say a final map - with an artist now, but the whole project isn't yet in the art department)
Absolute War
Atlantic Chase
Barbarossa: Army Group Center, 2nd Edition
Dominant Species: Marine
Imperial Struggle
Labyrinth: Forever War Expansion
Musket & Pike Dual Pack
The Battle of Rhode Island
Versailles 1919

There are quite a few games nearing Art Dept. Readiness, but these are the ones that Mark thinks are closest now. You'll see several of these move up and others added to this section each month.
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Fall 2019 GMT Weekend at the Warehouse - October 17-20, 2019

Come join us in October for 3 1/2 days of gaming fun! For those new to the event, this is mostly an open gaming event, although we do have tournaments from time to time. We expect about 125 gamers to attend, and space is limited, so please get your reservation in to the office ladies (call, chat, or email) as soon as possible. 



Click on the GMT Weekend at the Warehouse page on InsideGMT for more details, as well as a list of designers attending. 
 
Sneak Peeks: 
 
Here's a look at some final components for our upcoming games:   

Box Art for Upcoming Games:

    


Stalingrad '42 Inside the Box: 



Final Map for Nevsky:



Unfinished Work-in-Progress Maps for the battles of Newport and Rhode Island from our upcoming The Battle of Rhode Island AmRev series game:





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Project Updates: 


Banish the Snakes - Designer Kevin McPartland


 
I’ve been meaning to post more pictures of some of the cards and explain a little bit about gameplay. So here it goes! Here is a sampling of six typical cards (Note this is Playtest Art):


 

The top left card, Benignus of Armagh Converts, is from an event during St. Patrick’s time (that was important enough to have been recorded by the chronicle writers). As the flavor text at the bottom shows, an important young man, the son of a chieftain, converted to Christianity. The historic outcome is most likely- it is covered by two of the five slots, yelow and green- the Chief also converts. But the outcome can be better or worse, depending on the indicator on the key card. 
 
The top center card brings a Gift of the Holy Spirit into play- I will discuss these later. Each level of this card allows for more selection and flexibility in what Gift is brought into play. 
 
The top right card is a “save” card- note that it has not indicator arrow on the right edge because the drawing player gets to keep this card. Note that depending on the key card, in the future you might get to re-roll two die rolls or only one. 
 
The bottom left card is another “save” card. With this one, you get to temporarily stop the results of a future Slave Raid card (there are three of those in the deck). Patrick's letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus, asking them to return the good people that they carried off in a slave raid, is one of only two documents written by Patrick that have survived. In fact, it's one of the few documents surviving from this time period at all. We have no idea if the letter was historically successful. 
 
The bottom center card is a nice effect, and the level of the key card determines the criteria that must be met to allow to the card to take effect. Note that at the lowest level, it is difficult to meet the standards, and the card often has no effect. 
 
Finally, the bottom right card simulates the effect of a historically great chieftain, who became High King of Ireland. It simply shuffles the leadership of northern Ireland and the kingship. Sometimes this is helpful to the players, but often it is not! 
 
I hope you enjoyed this little tour; let me know if you have any questions. - Kevin 

 
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MBT 4CMBG Expansion - Designer Jim Day


 
The Canadians are advancing on to publication. Design/development is now complete and the expansion is now in the hands of the playtesters. That is scheduled for completion on 6/30/2019. - Jim
 

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Mr. President - Designer Gene Billingsley

The base design is now complete! I have now handed the project off to Developer Mike Bertucelli for additional testing and development. He and his core test team have set up a digital version of the game to facilitate testing, which should speed the process considerably. I'm sure we'll hear from Mike over the coming weeks/months as he is ready to broaden the group of testers.

I'm not completely out of the picture at this point. I'm still responding to Mike's queries and making design adjustments weekly, as is common at this stage of a design project. This coming week in Tempe at CSW Expo, I'll be overseeing physical testing with some of my core playtesters as well as anyone who wants to drop in and play for a while. If you're attending the convention, feel free to drop by and check it out! - Gene
 
 

Please see our RECENT ADDITIONS section of our website (bottom left of page) for a detailed list of new game support files, by the dates they were added.

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